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Broward may cancel deal with radio station because it airs Rush Limbaugh
Sun-Sentinel ^ | 6/13/07 | Scott Wyman

Posted on 06/13/2007 5:10:29 AM PDT by Patriot28

Rush Limbaugh has long been a thorn in the side of liberals, but now, because of him, some Democratic politicians don't even want to join with a local radio station to broadcast hurricane information.

Radio station WIOD, AM 610, has been the official channel for emergency information from Broward County government for the past year. The County Commission, all Democrats, balked at renewing the deal Tuesday, unable to stomach the station also being home to Limbaugh's talk show.

Commissioner Stacy Ritter said she did not want to support a station that's out of step with area politics. Ritter, a Democratic stalwart in the state Legislature before being elected to county office, cited talk shows hosted by Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and WIOD's partnership with Fox News.

The deal with WIOD would ensure that news conferences are broadcast start to finish live from the county Emergency Operations Center in Plantation. Emergency managers became concerned during hurricanes in 2004 and 2005 that radio and television stations preempted their announcements in favor of news out of Miami

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; democrats; fairnessdoctrine; firstamendment; secondamendment; wiod
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To: clintonh8r
I know that now, and I thought it was wrong to begin with. If they completely stop all regular programming then the woman is stupid and wrong. My point was that some stations (our local station for the county I am in) will continue normal programming and then break in with any new news that comes across, so you never know when it will be posted. You have to listen to old country tunes for 55 minutes every hour and wait until the random report is broadcast.

If this station did that then yes, I think that they might have something to b*tch about, as I said before if the shoe was on the other foot and we had to listen to air america for 55 minutes each hour to catch the updates then we would be b*tching to hight heaven ourselves. It wasn’t until people told me that the station completely switches over to emergency broadcast mode and drops all other programming that I agree that the county board is completely nuts, especially if it has the strongest signal.

141 posted on 06/14/2007 5:18:56 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: Gideon T. Reader

Now that is diverse!!!


142 posted on 06/14/2007 6:02:38 AM PDT by dennisw (The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction)
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To: Patriot28

Democrats on FIRE, pop Popcorn!


143 posted on 06/14/2007 6:04:22 AM PDT by agincourt1415 (Fred Thompson in 08, start printing the Bumper Stickers!)
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To: Fawn

LOL, there are over 1600 comments now. Quite a war going on.


144 posted on 06/14/2007 6:11:21 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: mware

I saw a headline saying they are now considering staying with WIOD because of all the backlash. Now this JOlie thing. THese people are really showing their true colors. TOo bad their followers are too stupid to care or see it.


145 posted on 06/14/2007 6:24:23 AM PDT by Fawn (If it wasn't for FR, I'd be having an Existential MELTDOWN..............right now)
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To: dennisw

I hope you are aware that the attempt to censor on behalf of democrat/Liberals has fallen through.
Citizen safety has forced the asshole commissioners to respond appropriately.


146 posted on 06/14/2007 6:24:37 AM PDT by Gideon T. Reader (DEMOCRATS: Not quite American. PALESTINIANS: A proud history of mindless violence since 1964.)
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To: Gideon T. Reader

I hope these commissioners are not in danger of being reelected after this.


147 posted on 06/14/2007 8:08:17 AM PDT by agincourt1415 (Fred Thompson in 08, start printing the Bumper Stickers!)
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To: agincourt1415
The chances are that in Broward County, Florida any moron, (he/she/unsure, can and does get elected to any office at county level just based on the D after their names.

Years ago this (Broward County,Florida)was a bastion of conservative politics, but that changed after GHWB came into office, and the character of the population altered, NOT for the better I may add.

I am seriously looking to relocate.
The start of appropriate research has begun.

148 posted on 06/14/2007 12:54:07 PM PDT by Gideon T. Reader (DEMOCRATS: Not quite American. PALESTINIANS: A proud history of mindless violence since 1964.)
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To: Gideon T. Reader
Its just liberals suffering from vote count and they cannot get over it.

Make them move!

149 posted on 06/14/2007 1:05:13 PM PDT by agincourt1415 (Fred Thompson in 08, start printing the Bumper Stickers!)
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To: agincourt1415

What a good idea. I wish I had thought of that.
Thank you for the advice.
Your donations to my personal account would be even more appreciated.
/s


150 posted on 06/14/2007 1:09:35 PM PDT by Gideon T. Reader (DEMOCRATS: Not quite American. PALESTINIANS: A proud history of mindless violence since 1964.)
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To: dennisw
There is now a DUmmie FUnnies EDITION about this very topic.
151 posted on 06/14/2007 4:33:17 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: PJ-Comix

“Stacy” and the other clowns backed off 3 out of 9 Broward commissioners are women - Oy Vey


152 posted on 06/14/2007 5:24:20 PM PDT by dennisw (The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction)
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